- by Tony Mauro, Legal Times, October 23, 2008.
- January 2008 report on trends in the legal market. "A number of firms may find it necessary to address continuing issues of low productivity, particularly within the ranks of permanent non-equity partner lawyers."
- Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S. [California, U.S.] and Peter Hirtle, M.A., M.L.S
- Harvard Magazine, May/June 2008. See also Update: Harvard Law School Faculty Approves Open Access. "In a unanimous vote, members of the Harvard Law School (HLS) faculty have approved making their scholarly articles available on line free of charge."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, October 23, 2008. (78:09)
- "Site to study and discuss the proposed Google Book Search settlement." This is a "project of the Public-Interest Book Search Initiative and the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School. We are a group of professors, students, and volunteers who believe that the Google Book Search lawsuit and settlement deserve a full, careful, and thoughtful public discussion."
- Lawyer Julie Elgar tracks potential "litigation value" of the actions of employees of Dunder Mifflin, the fictional Scranton firm in NBC's "The Office".
Webcasts: University law schools and courts are increasingly providing online webcasts. Among the law school resources are:
- By Phred Dvorak, Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2008. "Three states recognize same-sex marriage. Eight others, plus more than 70 cities, offer civil unions or domestic partnerships with varying rights. The laws can affect everything from discounts on car rentals to hospital-visiting rights. None are recognized by the federal government for matters such as immigration, income taxes and Social Security benefits."